It depends, big surprise. Do you find that you’re aligned with what you’re doing? See the big picture, long term, the big why? Deep thought is expensive, and ti

It depends, big surprise. Do you find that you’re aligned with what you’re doing? See the big picture, long term, the big why? Deep thought is expensive, and time is scarce, psychological alignment is necessary to break through the barrier so to speak. I know because I procrastinate difficult problems and think more about the why to even get started. Then once you’ve gotten started, in the right zone, you milk it to the extreme, not changing context or even getting up from the chair for the day. Do you work out of curiosity, beauty, or some sort of ambition or the next paycheck? Look cool? I’m only grilling myself here because lowly motivations are frequent for me personally and being honest can lead you to ask the right question to just get back on the track / right train of thought. Personal minute example, I want to look competent while presenting the solution -> what does the good solution look like? Hook your feelings into helping you solve the problem. Larger example: I want to become a researcher -> Reading the next page is the best thing I can do right now toward that. So with a why you can keep going and activate your mind to stay on track despite low energy. What’s going on in your mind when you’re spent? Where do your thoughts go? This is for you to answer personally because it’s not anyones business. But usually you can redirect that energy even though it’s a lack of energy so to speak. Maybe if you’re spent on hard coding, think about eventual applications, or software architecture. Think of the organization and the problems that can be solved with software. About the history, future, of coding. There are a lot of tangential thoughts that are still helpful to explore once you lack steam on the main path so to speak, and the exploratory low energy mode can lead you back to high energy or supplement the next high energy session with creative angles that would not be come across in a more alert state, like those fever dreams that are so vivid that your alert mind would never come up with them.